VMware VCF

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a hybrid cloud platform that combines the security and performance of a private cloud with the scale and agility of a public cloud. It’s designed to modernize data centers and deploy container-based applications. VCF offers a full-stack hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) that includes software-defined services for computing, storage, networking, and security.

Course Key Learnings:

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Plan a deployment for VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand VMware Cloud Foundation and supporting architecture
Configure VMware Cloud Foundation for VMware Cloud Connectivity
Understand the VMware Cloud Foundation subscription licensing model
Perform Day-Zero tasks

Course Content:

Module1 Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

Module2 VMware cloud foundation overview

Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation solution
Describe VMware Cloud Foundation architecture
Identify VMware Cloud Foundation components
Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation topology

Module3 VMware Cloud Foundation+ and VMware Cloud Connectivity

Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation+ architecture
Identify the pre-requisites for VMware Cloud Foundation+
Describe VMware Cloud Foundation+ value added features
Configure subscription-based licensing parameters
Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway functionality
Identify the vCenter Cloud Gateway components
Describe the vCenter Cloud Gateway architecture
Connect the vCenter Cloud Gateway to VMware Cloud
Describe the VMware Cloud platform
Describe the VMware vSphere+ services used in VMware Cloud Foundation+
Demonstrate the capabilities of the VMware Cloud user interface for VMware Cloud Foundation+

Module4 Day Zero Tasks

Identify the requirements for deploying VMware Cloud Foundation
Describe the VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up process
Identify the information required for the Planning and Preparation Workbook
Complete the Deployment Parameter Workbook
Describe how VMware Cloud Builder automates the deployment process
Identify the configuration validation process performed by VMware Cloud Builder
Describe the deployment of the management domain

Module5 Post-Deployment Operations

Complete the Onboarding Wizard
Understand VMware Cloud Foundation integration with VMware Single Sign-On
Configure user access to VMware Cloud Foundation
Describe the importance of user roles in vSphere
Configure identity sources for VMware Cloud Foundation
Perform the SDDC Manager backup and restore process
Identify steps in the NSX backup and restore process
Manage passwords in VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain the importance of using VMware Cloud Foundation to manage passwords for vSphere components
Manage and secure a primary password list
Describe the process for rotating passwords not managed by VMware Cloud Foundation

Module6 VMware Cloud Foundation Networking with NSX

Describe network virtualization with NSX
Recognize NSX operational planes
Identify NSX components
Describe logical switching
Describe NSX Data Center deployment in VMware Cloud Foundation
Explain how logical routing works in NSX
Identify NSX Edge functions
Describe data plane preparation for NSX Edge nodes in a workload domain
Recognize Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateway topologies
Define application virtual networks
Describe management domain rack options
List NSX Edge cluster requirements for vSphere with Tanzu
Discuss NSX Edge cluster placement considerations

Module7Managing Workload Domains

Define workload domains
List the types of workload domains
Identify workload domain prerequisites
Understand the scalability limits for workload domains
Identify use cases for multiple clusters in a workload domain
Create network pools
Size network pools
Commission hosts with SDDC Manager
Create workload domains
Scale workload domains
Decommission hosts from a workload domain
Remove workload domains
Describe distinctive design decisions for VMware Cloud Foundation components

Module8 vSphere with Tanzu in VMware Cloud Foundation

Explain vSphere with Tanzu
Define the role of the Spherelet
Describe the supervisor cluster control plane
Create vSphere with Tanzu namespaces
Describe the role of NSX networking components in vSphere with Tanzu
Discuss vSphere with Tanzu networking topology
Describe control plane VM management networking requirements
Plan appropriate IP address ranges for pod, ingress, and egress networking
Describe prerequisites for vSphere with Tanzu cluster compatibility
Deploy vSphere with Kubernetes
Create a vSphere namespace
Configure limits and permissions for a vSphere namespace

Module9 VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Management

Identify storage use cases in VMware Cloud Foundation
Determine the most appropriate storage option for a workload domain
Describe different vSphere-native storage design options
Identify vSAN architecture and components
Describe vSAN requirements for the management and workload domains
Configure deduplication and compression
Discuss how to scale vSAN clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation
Configure storage policies for vSAN
Explain storage policy failure tolerance rules
Identify a virtual machine storage policy compliance status
Explain how vSAN storage policies protect VMware Cloud Foundation components

Module10 Availability and Business Continuity

Explain the importance of external service availability
Describe availability options native to VMware vSphere
Identify stretched cluster use cases
Identify stretched cluster components
Recognize stretched cluster requirements in VMware Cloud Foundation
Prepare and deploy a vSAN stretched cluster using APIs

Module11 VMware Cloud Foundation Certificate Management

Learn the basics of public key infrastructure (PKI)
Describe the purpose of certificate signing requests (CSRs)
Describe available options in SDDC Manager for certificate authorities
View certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Install and replace certificates for VMware Cloud Foundation components
Configure the integrated Certificate Authorities in SDDC Manager
Configure a certificate template in Microsoft Certificate Authority server
Configure the OpenSSL certificate authority in SDDC Manager
Install certificates issued by Microsoft, OpenSSL, and third-party certificate authorities

Module12 VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle Management

Describe VMware Cloud Foundation Life Cycle Management
List the products managed by VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
Use online and offline bundle downloads using VMware Cloud Foundation Lifecycle management
Understand the role of vSphere Lifecycle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation
Understand vSphere Lifecycle Manager features
Understand how and when to use cluster images
Describe the importance of Hardware Support Managers
Describe the upgrade prerequisites • Outline the upgrade precheck process
Describe the order of upgrade for VMware Cloud Foundation components

Module13 VMware Cloud Foundation Troubleshooting

Use the SoS command-line tool to create log bundles, perform health checks, and check password validity
List VMware Cloud Foundation services
Identify VMware Cloud Foundation log files
Use token IDs to troubleshoot failed workflows